This man became Vice President and then President of the United States without ever being elected.
Who is Gerald Ford?
100
In January 2016, this popular period drama that airs on PBS began broadcasting its sixth and final season.
What is Downton Abbey?
100
On April 8, 1974, this Atlanta Braves player set a new home run record of 715.
Who is Hank Aaron?
100
The terms of this treaty that ended WWI caused some of the unrest that led to the second world war.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
100
On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this famous speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
What is "I Have a Dream."
200
The president is elected for a term of this number of years.
What is 4?
200
In April 2015, Pope Francis declared that the Church's mission is to be a witness of compassion in a Holy Year centered around this theme.
What is Mercy?
200
On April 8, 2013, this woman, Britain's first female prime minister passed away.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
200
World leaders made a final attempt to come to a peaceful resolution with Germany at this 1938 conference.
What is the Munich Conference?
200
Residents of this city started a historic bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus.
What is Montgomery, AL?
300
The first primary election is held in this state?
What is New Hampshire?
300
In 2012, this super storm/hurricane caused devastating destruction along the New Jersey shoreline.
What is Sandy?
300
On April 8, 1935, this president signed the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
300
Britain and France declared war on Germany after this historical event in 1939.
What is Germany's invasion of Poland?
300
This president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
400
The total number of electoral votes equals this number.
What is 538?
400
In 2013, this legislator and labor leader became Boston's 48th mayor, taking over for Mayor Menino, who held the office for 20 years.
Who is Martin J. Walsh?
400
Every year on April 8, Japan holds the Hana Matsuri (Flower Festival) to celebrate the birthday of Siddhartha Gautama, who founded this religion.
What is Buddhism?
400
France gave this name to its line of fortifications at the French border with Germany.
What is the Maginot Line?
400
This attorney who was the lead counsel for the plaintiff in the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case later became the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
500
When he ran for re-election, George Washington belonged to this political party.
What is the Federalist party?
500
On September 9, 2015, this world leader became the longest reigning British monarch in history.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
500
On April 8, 1973, this world-renowned Spanish artist who is famous for his "Blue Period" and for pioneering the Cubism movement with Georges Braque died.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
500
This man was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII.
Who is Stalin?
500
The goal of this campaign in 1964 was to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi.